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Sorry Coach

An apology from the boy you helped

Brooklynne Rainey

Sep 05, 2016

Arkansas Tech University

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An apology from the boy you helped

My Younger Years

I was just a kid when I met you for the first time. And might we all say I was lucky that you spoke to me that evening. I was doing what I always did, playing basketball, running as fast as I could, and always being as active as I could be but coach, the day you saw me playing in the park as a young boy you asked me a simple question "why don't you play any sports?" I responded the best I could "Well Sir my mom and I don't have any money." your reply "I will pay for it."

Sorry Coach

The excitement was overwhelming to know that I finally got to play in a game and people were going to cheer for me instead of pickup games in the park.

I got to play sports because of you coach.. because of you, I got to play basketball. I got to play football and I got to run as fast as I could.

Practice rolled around and a habit but I jumped right into practice and worked as hard as I could. I always felt bad because you never had to help me play sports and I tried to hurry to practices but I could never help the reason why I was always late.

"Why are you late to my practices boy, this is becoming a habit?" Coach asked

"My mom and I don't have a car so I have to walk here every day." I explained

"That is fine, I will pick you up." Coach responded.

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Years later I was now in High School, things had not changed I still got picked up for practice and my mom and I still had no money but you still helped me be able to play and get to practice.

In basketball I was always the seventh or eighth man and I continued to work hard and do what I could to contribute to your team regardless of what spot I was in but that didn't seem to matter to you that I was not your best player on the team, you knew I tried.

Sorry Coach

I knew that year that I was unable to come to summer camp I would be questioned by you

"Why are you not at summer camp?" Coach asks

"I have to work now to help pay for food for me and my mom." I respond

Sorry Coach

And even years later being the grown and successful man that I am, I am here to tell you that all of the excuses were never my fault. I am here to apologize for all of the excuses throughout my life and tell you the real reason I could not make it to practice, why we did not have food on our table, why we did not have a vehicle to get me to practice, or even why I could not afford the participation fee to play the sports I loved.

"I am late and can't afford things because my mother is drunk coach and I had to help her before I could leave the house every day for practice or camps."

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1. When course schedules are released and you have a conflict between two required classes.

2. When there is only one section of a popular course.

3. Receiving the 18,000 emails reminding you to register ASAP.

4. When you need to see an advisor, but they are too busy/unresponsive.

5. Trying not to dress like a bum for your appointments with your advisors/department heads.

6. When you have a perfectly planned out schedule, and one class ruins it.

7. Carefully moving things around to accommodate a different class/section.

8. Waking up at 6:00 a.m. for your enrollment time.

9. Concocting a new schedule at your enrollment time after your original plan gets changed.

10. Getting into a class and filling the last available seat.

11. When all of your classes finally go through.

12. Realizing that you forgot a class that was a pre-requisite for everything else.

When your capability of "adulting" is put to the test

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"Nobody living in one of the most influential nations in the world should be worried about making ends meet."

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1. When you have to provide an "interesting fact" for your first day ice-breaker.

2. When your professor is babbling on and on in his lecture.

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4. When it's 2 AM and you remember you have a test tomorrow.

5. When you finish taking the test and you're pretty sure you failed...

6. ...but then you get the test back and somehow passed.

7. When you've been up for 12 hours straight writing a paper.

8. And then you manage to stay awake in class the next day.

9. When you have to butter up your professor for an extra credit opportunity.

10. When you're assigned a group project.

11. And your group-mates are trying to chat about life instead of the assignment.

12. When it's your last class of the day and you're about to go home.

13. But then you remember rent is due tonight and the anger comes back.

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